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UNICEF Gets Lifesaving Assistance to Children Evacuated from Besieged Area of Homs, Syria
NEW YORK (February 12, 2014) – At least 500 women and children were among civilians evacuated from the besieged old city of Homs over the past few days during the ongoing humanitarian operation being...
On Three Month Anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, UNICEF Reports Real Progress for Children Despite Challenges
NEW YORK (February 6, 2014) – Three months after a massive Typhoon devastated the central Philippines, the long trek back to normalcy for children hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan has begun. UNICEF and...
UNICEF Provides Learning Opportunities for Syrian Refugee Children Who Are Not Eligible for Formal Schooling
NEW YORK (February 4, 2014) – UNICEF and its partners in Jordan are expanding education programs to reach the alarming number of “stay at home” children who have fallen behind by three or more grades...
UNICEF Establishes Temporary Classrooms for Children in Central African Republic
NEW YORK (February 4, 2014) – More than 20,000 children in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), will start classes in temporary learning spaces after violence forced them to flee...
IKEA Soft Toys For Education Campaign Raises $13.6 million for UNICEF and Save the Children Programs in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia
Thank You IKEA Customers and Co-workers! IKEA US Soft Toy Campaign Raised Over $1 million (Conshohocken, PA - January 30, 2014) - IKEA customers and co-workers have partnered with the IKEA Foundation...
New UNICEF Data Reveals Vast Progress Made for Children, but Disparities Persist
NEW YORK (January 30, 2014) – Declaring that 'every child counts', UNICEF today urged greater effort and innovation to identify and address the gaps that prevent the most disadvantaged of the world's...
Sudan Launches New Data on Child Malnutrition; UNICEF Calls for Mass Effort to Support the Fight Against Malnutrition
NEW YORK (January 29, 2014) – For the first time in Sudan, the Simple Spatial Survey Methodology (S3M) has been used to collect data on child malnutrition, showing the difference in performance of...
UNICEF Ambassador Angie Harmon Visits Nicaragua
During Human Trafficking Awareness Month, actress urges public to help protect children NEW YORK (January 29, 2014) – Actress and UNICEF Ambassador Angie Harmon just returned from a visit to Nicaragua...
Dire Humanitarian Crisis Emerging in South Sudan, says UNICEF
UNICEF and partners start vaccination campaign to protect children from diseases NEW YORK (January 27, 2013) – In the wake of the ceasefire signed late last week, UNICEF is warning of a humanitarian...
Measles outbreak threatens children's lives in Guinea
NEW YORK (January 23, 2014) – UNICEF and its partners have begun to organize a campaign to vaccinate more than 1.6 million children to stop a measles outbreak in Guinea amid a growing number of cases...